coronafeirws

Welsh

Alternative forms

• coronafirws

Etymology

From English coronavirus. Equivalent to corona (“corona”) +‎ feirws (“virus”).

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /kɔˈrɔnaˌvei̯rʊs/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /kɔˈroːnaˌvei̯rʊs/, /kɔˈrɔnaˌvei̯rʊs/

Noun

coronafeirws m (plural coronafeirysau)

1. coronavirus
   • 2020 February 28, BBC Cymru Fyw‎^[1]:

     Coronafeirws: Achos cyntaf Cymru wedi'i ganfod yn Abertawe

     Coronavirus: First case in Wales recorded in Swansea

   • 2020 March 11, Llywodraeth Cymru‎^[2]:

     Mae’r Prif Swyddog Meddygol ar gyfer Cymru, Dr Frank Atherton, wedi cadarnhau bod pedwar claf arall yng Nghymru wedi profi’n bositif am goronafeirws (COVID -19).

     The Chief Medical Officer for Wales, Dr Frank Atherton, has confirmed that four other patients in Wales have tested positive for coronavirus (COVID -19).

   • 2020 March 12, Golwg360‎^[3]:

     Gyda choronafeirws yn lledu ledled y byd, roedd defod cynnau’r fflam Olympaidd yn dipyn llai ysblennydd eleni.

     With coronavirus spreading across the world, the Olympic flame lighting ceremony was a little less spectacular this year.

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
coronafeirws	goronafeirws	nghoronafeirws	choronafeirws
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.